Tag: Burial Practices

Tablet has a collection of stories about death and mourning, exploring Jewish rituals and personal experiences of loss.
In considering the question of whether one's remains can be buried in more than one cemetery, an Orthodox perspective emphasizes the importance of complete and expeditious burial according to Jewish law, reflecting respect for the dead and the belief in future resurrection.
Dr. Assaf Nativ, a post-doctoral fellow in archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses the similarities and differences between prehistoric and contemporary burial sites in Israel with host Gilad Halpern.